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  • Takuboku Newlyweds' House
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    Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Chuoudori 3-17-18
    Takuboku Newlyweds' House is a historic building in the city of Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The poet Ishikawa Takuboku lived here for three weeks with his wife Setsuko, his parents, and his younger sister. In 1984, it was named a Morioka City Designated Tangible Cultural Property. It is the building where Takuboku wrote his essay, My Four-and-a-Half Mat Room, and it is the only extant relic of his life in the city of Morioka.

    You can freely enter this residence. When I went there were only a couple other people there. So I had the house to myself for the most part. It was a peaceful place. The condition was just ok...

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  • Nanshoso
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    Iwate Morioka-shi Shimizucho 13-46
    This historical building is located in Shimizu-cho, Morioka City. A mansion built in the Meiji period (1868-1912) by the businessman from the city called Yasugoro Segawa, it is a designated protected garden by the city, a structure of landscape importance, and the garden is a nationally registered monument. It is now open to the public and is also used for events such as tea ceremonies and concerts.

    明治時代に建てられ盛岡市の景観重要建造物にも指定されているという歴史ある館。 映画3月のライオンの撮影にも使われたとのこと。 お客は私だけ。 スタッフの女性が丁寧に館内を案内してくださいました。 第二次世界大戦後はアメリカ軍の宿舎になっていて、畳敷きの大広間を板敷に改良し、ダンスホールとして使われていたのだとか。 実は、磨き込まれた板の間の床に、庭園の木々の緑が写り込んだ様子（床緑）を見ることが...

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  • Sasurai Jizo
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    Iwate Tono-shi Matsuzakicho Shiraiwa
    "A statue of the Bodhisattva Jizo on the precincts of Shirahata-jinja Shrine. It has no neck and looks a little worn down. At the time Nanbu Clan ruled the region, young people would often carry it around to compare their strength. As it never ended up in the same place, it came to be called “Sasarai Jizo,” named after its ""wandering around.” As it frequently was man-handled this way, the Jizo was likened to an amorous young woman, and reportedly the pious earned the ire of the Jizo. Today it's fixed in place so no one can move it from its pedestal."
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  • Sasaki Kizen Seika
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    Iwate Tono-shi Tsuchibuchicho Yamaguchi
    "Located on the Yamaguchi River, a 20-minute drive from JR Tono Station. The traditional single-story building combines a feel of history and charm. It's not open to the public as Mr. Sasaki's descendants still live there, but you are free to look at the exterior. Sasaki Kizen was a folk tale scholar active from the Taisho to the early Showa periods and also known as the Japanese Grimm. His renderings of local oral tradition led Yanagida Kunio to write The Legends of Tono. Sasaki’s grave is in a public cemetery nearby in an area called ""Yamaguchi-no-Dannohana.”"
  • Yamaguchi Waterwheel
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    Iwate Tono-shi Tsuchibuchicho Yamaguchi 2-chiwari
    A watermill with a thatched roof on the Yamaguchi River in Tono City. It's date of origin is unknown, but it was once used for threshing and milling flour. It's still operational. It was made to utilize a large amount of water, and with its old-fashioned appearance, it’s become a much-used symbol of traditional Tono. The idyllic scenery also makes it popular with tourists.
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  • Goto Shinpei Former Residence
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    Iwate Oshu-shi Mizusawa Kichikoji 8-1
    An unobtrusive thatched roof building next to the Oshu Government Office Complex on Kichikoji Street in Mizusawa Ward. It's the former home of Goto Shinpei, responsible for Tokyo's ambitious recovery plan after the Great Kanto Earthquake. It was bequeathed to Mizusawa according to his wishes. A lower-ranking samurai residence from the late Edo period, the main house with its toilet and wooden storehouse have been reconstructed. It was designated a Tangible Cultural Property by Iwate Prefecture in 1972. A celebration of the birth of Goto Shinpei is organized by the local honoring association on June 4thevery year.
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  • Doshin Yashiki (Samurai Residence)
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    Iwate Hanamaki-shi Sakuramachi 4-83-8
    This historic building is located approximately a 15-minute drive from Hanamaki Interchange on the Tohoku Expressway. The building was constructed in the Edo period, and later relocated and reconstructed when Doshin Hanamaki came to live here. It is situated right next to the Miyazawa Kenji Poetry Tablet. As a samurai residence in the form of a curved house from the Hansei period, it has been designated as a municipally designated Cultural Property. Visitors can tour the exterior of the house for free from April to November. And from May to October, on weekends, national holidays and during the summer holidays, tea is served on the porch of the Doshin residence.
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  • Seison Yamaguchi House Zassoen
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    Iwate Kitakami-shi Hongokucho 2-5-60
    This historic building inside Shiikanomori Park along National Route 107 is located in Hongoku-cho 2-Chome, Kitakami City. It is the dismantled and rebuilt house of Seison Yamaguchi, a haiku writer from Iwate, that was in Suginami Ward, Tokyo. It is adjacent to the Museum of Contemporary Japanese Poetry, Tanka and Haiku.
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  • Takadachi Gikeido
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    Iwate Pref. Nishiwaigunhiraizumichou Hiraizumi Yanaginogosho 14
    The Gikeido is located on a hill east of the Minamoto no Yoshitsune said to be where Minamoto no Yoshitsune breathed his last. Dedicated to Yoshitsune, the shrine location looks out over the Kitakami River and the Kinu River, said to have brought the mighty warrior Benkei to a standstill. Also the site where the renowned a haiku poet Matsuo Basho composed his poem alluding to the “site of summer grasses and warriors’ dreams,” a stone monument inscribed with this very verse stands on the right hand side of the hill.
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  • Giboshi Pillars of Kaminohashi Bridge
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    Iwate Prefecture Morioka City Nakatsugawa Uenobashi
    Kaminohashi Bridge is in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. The feudal lord of the region, Nanbu Toshinao, built a wooden bridge in conjunction with his construction of Morioka Castle. The present-day bridge was built in 1935. Cypress wood was used for the railings, but later, hiba wood grown in the prefecture was used. The bridge is characterized by giboshi; decorated pillars that were installed during the original construction process.
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  • Konya-cho Watchtower
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    Iwate Pref. Moriokashi Konyachou 4-33
    Konya-cho Watchtower is a preserved building in the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. It was built in 1891 as the watchtower for Fire Brigade No. 4, and in 1913, it was remodeled for use as the office for Fire Brigade No. 4. The two-story wooden building was formerly used as a regular storage facility for fire-fighting equipment, but now the first floor is a garage for fire trucks, and the second floor is a meeting room decorated in Japanese style with tatami.
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  • Takano Choei Former Residence
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    Iwate Oshu-shi Mizusawa Obatake Koji 7-2
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  • Conservation Garden Ichinokura Tei
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    Iwate Morioka-shi Abetatecho 19-64
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A northern Tohoku prefecture promising peace and quiet, Iwate is sparsely populated, replacing people with snow-capped mountains, history-rich sites, and fields of crops that are to thank for the region’s delicious local cuisine. Meander along the three-city Golden Route, where you’ll visit the grand Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi and the Tono folk villages before tasting the three famed noodle dishes of Morioka.

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